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Sarah Palin has a beef — and a tweet or two — for the U.S. State Department.

Palin tweeted her outrage following a tongue-in-cheek tweet from State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley that wished Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a happy birthday.

Crowley, who regularly tweets as @PJCrowley to about 6,250 followers, marked the Iranian leader’s birthday on Thursday with a plea for the release of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, two American hikers who have been detained in Iran for more than a year and face trial on suspicion of espionage.

“Happy birthday President #Ahmadinejad. Celebrate by sending Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer home. What a gift that would be,” Crowley’s first message read.

“Your 54th year was full of lost opportunities. Hope in your 55th year you will open #Iran to a different relationship with the world.” he continued.

Palin, the former Alaska governor who has become a favorite of conservative Tea Party activists, was incensed and quickly communicated her outrage to the more than 285,000 followers who track her on Twitter as @SarahPalinUSA.

Crowley appeared bemused on Friday when informed of Palin’s response (he apparently doesn’t follow her on Twitter).

“My tweet was simply to suggest that a reasonable celebration of President Ahmadinejad’s birthday would be to release Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal..I can’t imagine why Sarah Palin would object to the release of the two hikers who remain in custody we think inappropriately,” Crowley said.

She finds offensive anything from the present Administration. Ms. Palin and her ilk are not interested rational, progressive discourse; they are only concerned with name calling and nay saying anyone who doesn’t ascribe to their narrow minded, sexist, ultra Christian agenda. Clearly, she was unable to understand the meanting of Mr. Crowley’s message or chose to ignore it in order to further stir up the passion of those who listen to her. Don’t confuse her (them) with facts and information!

I see no issue, if someone wants to wish a person from the rival side for thier birthday, at the end of the day, we need our leaders to build bridges and build peace and try negotiation between nations.